Chandrayaan-II, All Chandrayaan-II related articles |
Chandrayaan-II, All Chandrayaan-II related articles |
Dec 21 2010, 05:47 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 23-December 08 From: Mumbai Member No.: 4513 |
RussianSpaceWeb has reported that the possible landing sites for Chandrayaan-II called Luna-Resurs by the Russians have been selected. The selection is not final and seems to have been made (or covers only the Russian angle of the story) by Russian space organizations.
There is a detailed account of the selected landing sites for Chandrayaan-II here: http://www.russianspaceweb.com/luna_resurs_landing.html Pradeep -------------------- Pradeep Mohandas,
SEDS India. |
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Jul 22 2019, 11:47 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 157 Joined: 22-May 09 From: Ireland Member No.: 4792 |
India's Chandrayaan 2 lunar mission to the Moon has successfully launched today, 22 July 2019 (at 0913 GMT) from its space centre in Sriharikota, near the Bay of Bengal.
Already having separated from its launcher's second stage and now in Earth orbit, Chandrayaan 2 is expected to touchdown on the lunar South Pole some time in early September 2019. The mission includes both a lander and rover (also with an orbiter overhead); where all three include various research instruments (13 of Indian, 1 of NASA) used in areas, for example: looking for water and minerals signatures, and the study of moonquakes and possible future landing sites...amongst other activities. The orbiter has eight instruments, the lander with four (including the NASA instrument), while the rover has the remaining two. On touchdown, the solar-powered rover will off-load from the lander after some four hours, where it will then mainly rove around the surface during lunar day-long (14 earth days) stints. |
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Jul 22 2019, 12:27 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 127 Joined: 3-September 12 From: Almeria, SE Spain Member No.: 6632 |
Finally they're on their way.
Lunar Landing is expected Sept 7 at 2:50 AM Indian Standard Time or Sept 6 at 21:20 UT. Friday evening for Europe, afternoon for America. ... Chandrayaan 2 is expected to touchdown on the lunar South Pole some time in early September 2019. I wonder why all the time they say "on the South Pole". The landing Site is at 70°S, this is still 600km from the pole. It's the nearest lunar soft landing to a pole ever, but not yet "on" the pole... Thorsten |
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